Is Obama meeting with Rush Limbaugh tonight? Update: Nope

posted at 7:35 pm on January 13, 2009 by Allahpundit

Sounds nutty, I know, but Ambinder breaks news that The One’s dining with “conservative opinion leaders” in Maryland, evidently at George Will’s house. Among the attendees: Bill Kristol, David Brooks, and … anyone else?

Coincidentally, I got an e-mail from a reader shortly after noon noting that Limbaugh had a surprise guest host today who spent the beginning of the show dropping hints that Rush had been called away to urgent business in D.C. and that it might have to do with something he said yesterday about giving Obama advice. I ignored it — but now they’re dropping hints on the EIB homepage, too.

Is this happening? The One’s charm offensive is actually going to beat a path to the golden microphone? What’s next, drinks with Coulter? Exit question: Whither the blogosphere in a post-partisan age?

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I gotta say it: picking badass Marine General Jones for NSA followed by this meeting with conservatives has given me some respect for Obama.
I remain in opposition to him, obviously, and I can never forget his support for infanticide in Ohio, but on a national security front I feel a lot better.

Nothing indicates that Rush was at that dinner. I don’t usually quote Huffington but they have no motive to say Rush wasn’t there. It would be a coup for them to portray Rush as a Benedict Arnold. Arianna couldn’t very well fabricate that Rush was there because quite simply there were probably too many people at Obama’s gathering who would swear on a stack of Bibles that Rush wasn’t there. Having said that I am heartened that Rush wasn’t there.

Sheesh, what a bunch of tools we have in the dextrosphere. The photos of Rush at the Medal Of Freedom ceremony were up on EIB hours ago, and I’m still seeing “wild speculation” on sites, including this one, about Obastard having a cozy confab with Rush. Including Instapundit. I thought Glenn was smarter than this. His second “update” link is flat out wrong and full of leftard comments. Why send anyone down a dead end?

For some reason at least half of our “reliable” conservatives/libertarians have lost their minds and substituted the Barack issue of Tiger Beat for a central nervous system. Brooks, Kristol, even Will… apparently the lure of beltway DC cocktail parties is just too much for these committed “conservatives” to resist. Look for these three spoogebuckets to write carefully nuanced constructive criticisms of The Messiah over the next four to eight years. Or plain bootlicking. I’m expecting the latter.

Here’s some kool aid for you guys. The O is a closet conservative. Needed to tell Kristol et al that he’s with us. He flipped from the Left when he saw the results of the Left’s policies on blacks in Chicago. The whole thing has been a huge head fake. He’s coming home, and wants their advice. :) I can dream can’t I?

There is absolutely no proof that obama is using eriksonian hypnosis techniques. However, after the meeting, George Will has been walking around in a trance like state muttering “O…bam..a…is..my….per…son..al…sav..ior..and…the…sav…ior…of…all…hu…man..it..y….long…live…ob..a…ma..”

Probably just another attempt to set the Right at each other’s throats. Again. If everything goes as planned, these gentlemen will write articles about those pesky social conservatives that just don’t get it and are hurting the nation. What better way to define your opposition than to have them turn on each other? And the people with the columns, after being called everything but a son of God by their peers, will probably be happy to oblige. We are being picked apart and are to stupid to even notice. But by golly, we are right.

Like a lot of people have already said.Obama DID NOT have dinner with a group of Consev..He had dinner with a few Rinos like Wills, Brooks and Kristol These men are not consev.It would be nice if Hot Air would refer to these people as Mod at best.

I think Cindy Munford is right. As I said earlier on this thread this may well be the republican effort to to send the conservatives down a long walk of a short pier. I must say the beltway republicans are getting their ducks in order fast for a quick strike to finally put the conservative beast down. They feel they have to purge religious conservates from the party before the next mid-term elections. It’s not that they mind having social conservatives in the party – they just don’t want them to have a voice.

Too bad Brit Hume isn’t heading up the “ALL STARS” anymore. It would have been great to watch him roll his eyes at Bill Kristol jumping on the Obama wagon. Can’t wait to read the flowery, “Noonish” editorial recounting all the impressive details….

Rush called out Kristol several months ago, as being one of the so called “Conservatives” who wants to modernize (Liberalize) the movement. It comes at no surprise that Obama has targeted the likes of Bill Kristol.

Does it suprise anyone that Obama would be pandering to the conservative-lite crowd like David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer, George Will and William Kristol?

Let’s face it – Obama is an excellent POLITICIAN. He is good at selling empty promises and vague platitudes that enable those who think they’re better than the knuckle-dragging crowd to “explain” how getting shafted is good for us. Expect to see articles and comments extolling Obama’s willingness to hear us (of course as long as we forget anything he doesn’t really support)

His charm offensive is nothing more than an attempt to lull us all into complacency as he remakes this country inot a socialist/marxist utopia. Count on it. If all the so-called conservative pundits are on his side, if he has Republicans believing he’s strong on national defense, then what will they do to stop him when he nationalizes more industry and parts of the economy, when he requests a constitutional amendment to allow him to seek a third term, etc.???

We need to stop trying to throw economic conservatives out of the party just because they don’t agree with social conservative values. Almost any arguement that is made on a social issue can be made in a secular way that can be seen by non-believers. Even as a social conservative I have a problem telling adults how they should live if they don’t agree with me. I am on the record of saying that this in-fighting and name calling is not helpful.

Cindy, you’re exactly right. The problem I’ve seen, including on this site, is the infighting. Both Economic and Social Conservatives need to join together to fight the False Conservative Beltway Elitists who are trying to turn the Republican Party into a Moderate Democratic Party. You can see examples of them on this site also.

I am on the record of saying that this in-fighting and name calling is not helpful.

Cindy Munford on January 14, 2009 at 10:03 AM

So is your position that the social conservatives – who just might believe that their positions are valid and worthy, even if you don’t – should just shut up and yield the Party to the Beltway boys who aren’t bothered by those principles? And it’s okay for economic conservatives to dismiss social conservatives as being out of touch with everyone?

Just curious as to why you bother identifying yourself as a social conservative if you don’t actually think those principles are better – it seems like that is the reasoning Democrats use for justifying being pro-abortion. I wouldn’t have one but who am I to force my position on others.

No, sorry I wasn’t clear. I am saying that most of the things social conservatives believe in are good for society and can be proven on a secular basis. I am sure you have seen the arguements on this site between the different factions of the same religion, not to mention the non-believers. Let me give an example. It has been proven that abortions have gone down with the advent of new medical breakthroughs showing the child in the womb. Why don’t we use these in television ads urging woment to get early pre-natal care? It will encourage people to follow the message and see the human life at a very early stage. I am just saying that we need to be smarter about our battles and cover more ground.

There are always a few “weak sisters” in any battle. Obama has isolated a few and will try to neuter them with his charm. Based on some reports I’ve seen, this ploy might be working. For the left, conquering the mind is as important as winning a physical fight.

Rush Limbaugh, a true conservative, met with President Bush yesterday.

The despicable David Brooks and George Will met with Obama. These morons have and never will be real conservatives. Throw in Peggy Noonan, Kathleen Parker, Heather MacDonald and David Frum and you a list of people I consider worthless in conservative discussions.

We haven’t had much luck your way, let’s try it like Rush and Mark Levin say… Get back to Reagan, bold contrasts, big, proud, Conservative policies. Strong Defense, Closed Boarders, HUGE Spending Cuts, Tax Cuts, Marriage Between 1 Man and 1 Woman, No Federal Funds for Abortions, Conservative Supreme Court, Tough on Crime, Welfare to Work, God… Do this then get back to me IF it does not win, and big… Maybe 50 like Reagan… Don;t give me the MSM BS about needing to weed hard core Conservatives and make a big tent, kick the RINOS then teach and preach Conservatisiam, show the contrasts…

Even as a social conservative I have a problem telling adults how they should live if they don’t agree with me. I am on the record of saying that this in-fighting and name calling is not helpful.

Cindy Munford on January 14, 2009 at 10:03 AM

What kind of “adults” are you talking about–abortion-loving “adults” or homosexual “adults?”
And Republicans/Conservatives don’t tell adults how they should live; they mostly stop Liberals trying to legislate how we all should live!

Sorry I didn’t reply right away, I was at work and felt really guilty about the posting I had already done. I want to achieve social conservative goals without annoying the fiscal conservatives. (Yes, they can and have annoyed me but I am not leaving). I posted an idea at 10:55 on abortion, not perfect I understand but it’s a start. There is tons of stupid legislation that unduly interferes with our lives but we are not in a position right now to do anything about it and won’t be until 2010 at the earliest. I am just trying to keep us all together. I am just not that great at explaining the point I am trying to make. Do you think all the different factions of the Left have this problem? They whine and complain but they stand by their folks. Why is that?

Do you think all the different factions of the Left have this problem? They whine and complain but they stand by their folks. Why is that?

Because 10-25% of them are lying and evil (and these are the leaders and the politicians) and the other 75-90% are either incredibly stupid or too intellectually lazy to pay attention to what they really stand for.
Leftoids who don’t march in lock-step are purged from their ranks: witness the post-9/11 treatment of Joe Lieberman.

I think we should go for results rather than rhetoric. I think it would be great if the RNC ran daily commercials using Bill Bennett’s new book. I think there is sad lack of knowledge of our history. I want to be positive. As I noted earlier even within this site there is a lot of disagreement and I would love to find a way to lessen that. My dad use to have a sign on his wall that said, “When you are up to your ass in alligators it is hard to remember that your task was to drain the swamp.” We are up to ass right now.